News
New Meta AI Feature Raises Photo Privacy Concerns
Facebook is asking users to grant access to their camera roll, though the company denies that it is using the images to train AI technology.
Opinion
Will Meta Finally Lift Its Female Nipple Ban?
An oversight board made recommendations against the company’s restrictive female nudity policies. Will Instagram comply?
News
As Tech Layoffs Continue, Meta Slashes Arts Program Staff
It’s unclear whether Meta will continue its Open Arts initiative.
News
The Metaverse Is Empty, and Legs Won’t Save It
Decentraland and others are getting mocked for their low visitor numbers while people are roasting Meta Horizons for its awkward head-and-torso figures.
News
Meta Launched an AI Video Generator, and It’s Creepy
The technology isn’t available for public use, but Meta (formerly Facebook) released a series of eerie sample clips based on prompts like “cat watching TV” and “spaceship landing.”
Art
The Curator Archiving Gun Violence Through Art
Seven years after Susanne Slavick's exhibition Unloaded, the curator continues to update a Facebook page dedicated to artworks and texts that examine the impact and proliferation of firearms.
Art
An Exhibition That Helps Us Rethink Our Relationship to Facebook
The main aim of the show is to offer a creative, clever perspective on the reasons behind the alienated and addicted relationship we sustain with social media platforms.
News
Facebook Lifts Australia Ban, but Arts Organizations Will Face Long-term Repercussions
What did the overreaching ban on “news pages” mean for affected small arts organizations and publishers who relied on the platform to build audiences?
News
Facebook “Unfriends” Australian Arts Organizations
Over 300 arts organizations discovered their Facebook pages had been removed as a result of the site’s reaction to a recent regulation over media guidelines.
In Brief
Twitter Labels Fake Video of Joe Biden as “Manipulated Content”
After being shared by Donald Trump, the video became the first media flagged by Twitter's new policy to curb the spread of fake videos.
In Brief
Critics Say Facebook's Measures to Limit Manipulated Videos Are Insufficient
"Facebook wants you to think the problem is video-editing technology, but the real problem is Facebook’s refusal to stop the spread of disinformation," said Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Opinion
In Mark Zuckerberg’s World, “Provenance” Means Nothing
The tech entrepreneur's use of the word provenance serves to erase its weighty history as an art historical term — and Facebook's complicity in spreading "fake news."